International Masonic Union Catena

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The International Masonic Union Catena is an international organization of Masonic organizations. The organizations involved are considered irregular by the United Grand Lodge of England and most other Anglo-Saxon Grand Lodges.

Contents 1 History 2 Members 2.1 Present members 2.2 Former members 3 See also 4 Source 5 References

[edit] History

The organization was created in 1961 by the Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetsalerij, Humanitas – Freimaurergroßloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland en Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas. It is only for mixed masonic organizations.

The Catena is open only to lodges that acknowledge a supreme being.^[1]

[edit] Members

[edit] Present members

• Humanitas – Freimaurergroßloge für Frauen und Männer in Deutschland (Germany)
• Österreichischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas (Austria)
• Jus Humanum Suecia (Sweden)
• Order of the Ancient Free Masonry for Men and Women (United Kingdom)
• Grande Loja Arquitetos de Aquario (Brasil)
• Tsjechischer Universaler Freimaurerorden - Humanitas (Tshechia)
• Groupement Maconnique de Loges Mixtes et Indépendentes (France)

[edit] Former members

• Nederlandse Grootloge der Gemengde Vrijmetsalerij

[edit] See also

• CLIPSAS
• Grand Orient of Belgium
• Grande Loge Nationale Française
• International Secretariat of the Masonic Adogmatic Powers
• Regular Masonic jurisdictions

[edit] Source

• International Masonic Union Catena
• Gemischte Freimaurerlogen (German)
• Henderson, Kent & Pope, Tony: Freemasonry Universal, 2 vols, Global Masonic Publications, Melbourne 1998, 2000, vol 2 p 6.

[edit] References